Note : Google Chrome’s “Windows 8 mode” does not currently work on devices with high-DPI displays, such as Microsoft’s Surface Pro. In the latest version of Chrome, this now gives you a full Chrome OS-style desktop environment where you can run Chrome browser windows and use Chrome apps from the Chrome web store. If Chrome is set as your default browser, you can make it appear in Windows 8 mode by opening its menu and selecting Relaunch Chrome in Windows 8 mode. Instead, they highlighted their two big “platforms” - Chrome and. Google didn’t announce any shiny new Chromebooks at Google I/O.

įorget Chromebooks: Chrome OS is Coming to Windows This still requires a full Windows 8 PC, not a Windows RT device like a Surface RT or Surface 2 - you can’t install Chrome on Windows RT. The Chrome desktop is now available in the stable version of Chrome, so you don’t have to seek out anything special - just install Google Chrome. That’s more practical, but where’s the fun in that? You can also use the Chrome desktop as just another app on Windows 8, swapping back and forth between other Windows 8 apps and the traditional desktop. You can swap the entire “Modern” environment for the Chrome OS desktop, hiding the Windows 8 interface entirely. Howtogeek Do you prefer Google Chrome to Microsoft’s Windows 8 apps? Well, you’re in luck, even if you have a Windows 8 PC. Chromebook, Turn a Windows 8 PC Into a Chromebook

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